Dorion Sagan Dorion Sagan is author of numerous articles and twenty-three books translated into eleven languages, including Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future and Into the Cool, coauthored with Eric D. Schneider. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, Wired, the Skeptical Inquirer, Pabular, Smithsonian, the Ecologist, Co-Evolution Quarterly, the Times Higher Education, Omni, Natural History, The Sciences, Cabinet, and Tricycle.
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Dorion's Books Dazzle GraduallyReflections on the Nature of NatureThe sometimes-dry topics of evolution and ecology come alive in this new collection of essays.  Notes from the HoloceneA Brief History of the FutureIn a quirky yet highly thought-provoking style, Dorion Sagan uses his knowledge of philosophy, science, and sleight-of-hand magic to probe some of the deepest questions we face on Earth.  The Purpose of LifeScience’s Surprising Answer to Religion’s Most Profound QuestionWhat is the purpose of life? Some say it's to reproduce, others to glorify God, but behind these and other proposed purposes lies a scientific purpose. In The Purpose of Life, science writer Dorion Sagan and biophysicist Eric D. Schneider lay out the fascinating evidence for life’s natural purpose —its function in an energy-driven cosmos. New evidence shows that the evolution of life on Earth over the past three-and-a-half billion years has not been random but has a clear direction, and its direction is related to life's function as a natural system. Indeed, life shares its function —its purpose —with that of certain other complex natural systems. Although the answer is simple and not exclusive —life may have other purposes —its profound implications may change the way we see ourselves, our relationships to other living beings, and our future on this shared, energy-driven planet.  Death & SexTwo books under one cover deliver a brief, incisive, and entertaining romp through the science of sex and death. |
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